Comments: W. W. Hillborn (Nee: ) | Canada | 1851-1900 | Comments: This portrait of W. W. Hillborn appears on page 306 of The Canadian Horticulturist, vol.XVII, no.9, 1894. There is a biographical sketch of him on pages 306-308 of that volume (including a nice picture of his strawberry field). Mr. Hillborn was born at Sparta, Elgin County, Canada in 1849. His early life was spent in Arkona in Lambton County. He became very involved in horticulture and small fruit science.